Eyeglass or spectacle mounting.



No. 882,540. 7 PATENTED MAR. 17, 1908.

H. SILBBRT.

EYEGLASS OR SPBOTAOLE MOUNTING.

APPLICATION FILED 0GT.14, 1907.

UNITED STA'FES PATENT OFFIEE.

HERMAN SILBERT, F BUFFALO. NEW YORK, ASSIGNUR Ol ONE-HALF T0 ALEXANDER ALLAN, BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

EYEGLASS OR SPECTACLE MOUNTING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 17, 1908.

plication filed October 14, 1907. Serial No. 397,311.

citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of .5, Wow York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Eyeglass or Spectacle Mountings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved :3 mounting for eyeglassesor spectacles and has for its object the production of a mounting for this purpose which is comparatively simple in construction and low in cost and which will hold the glasses reliably in place:

In the accompanying dranings:-Figure 1 is a-front elevation of a pair of eyeglasses rovided with my improved mounting.

ig. 2 is a rear elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section thereof in line 3-3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary horizontal section, on an enlarged scale, in line 44, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the guard and bridge of the mounting. Figs. 6

and 7 are similar views of the clips forming part of the means whereby the mounting is attached to the eyeglasses.

Similar letter of reference indicate correand have their ights at their outer ends andone arm or branch of each loop, preferably the u per is connectedwith the adjacent end 0 the bridge by a front coil s ring f which has its axis arranged horizonta ly and transversely relatively to the length of the bridge.

Each of the guards comprises an upwardly curved or arched bearing loop which has /front and rear arms g, 9 arranged transverselyin line in rear of the brid e so'that their central parts are opposite the respective 100 ,an intermediate u right connecting arm arranged in front 0 the front arm 9 of the bearing loop and connected with the latter at its lower end, a rear coil 4, connecting the u per end of the intermediate arm with the ower branch of the adjacent attaching loop and having its axis arranged transversely to the brid e and in line with the front coil, an uprig it clamping arm J arranged between the arms of the bearing loop and connected at its lower .end with the I rear arm 9 thereof, and a clamping finger j arranged at the upperend of to clamping arm and rojecting inwardly through the bight at tihe upper end of the respective bearin loop.

The liridge, front and rear coils, attachin and bearing loops, and clamping arms ant fingers are constructed of a single piece of spring wire. This wire is preferably round in cross section but the central part of the bridge and the inner or free ends of the clampin fingers are flattened, as shown, to form wi e bearing surfaces for engaging the front and sides of the nose.

Each of the clamping arms is arran ed outwardly beyond the arms of its bearing loop and the free end of its clamping finger normally projects inwardly beyond the arms of the bearing loop, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5.

Each of the clips comprises a curved back K which is adapted to enga e with the inner edgeof a lens and two pe orated ears 70, 7c projectinglaterally outward from said back, the ear k of each clip engaging with one side of the lens while the other ear k is separated from the opposite side of'the lens by an intervening space.

The back of the cli is provided with a seat or opening Z locate adjacent to. the inner side of the ear k which is separated from the lens and in. line with thes ace between the same. Through this opening the attachingloopon the respective side of the bridge passes andis arranged between the lens and the car It. A bolt or screw m secures these parts together by passing through the lens, attaching ears and attaching loo as shown in Fig. 4. By these clips so that a pl 'n the openings in the he s thereof are on the front side of the lenses the latter are arranged closer to the eyes but when these clips are alplied to the lenses so that the openings in t e acks thereof are on the inner side of the lenses then the latter are arranged farther away from the eyes. This manner of securing the bridge to the lenses is very simple and re iable and permits-of readily changing the of the bearing loops the same engage the h ol also pressed against opposite sides of the -nected the lenses with the bow or bridge in front arm connected with the other end of one of said attaching loops, a clamping arm arranged between the arms of the bearing loop and connected at its lower end with the lower end of the rear arm of the bearing loop, and a presser finger projecting from the upper end of the clamping arm inwardly beyond the inner side of the arms of the bearing loop, substantially as set forth.

eyeglass or spectacle mountin com prising a bridge, two coils arrange With their arms transversely to the bridge and each connected at one end to one end of the bridge, laterally projecting loops adapted to be attached to the lenses and each connected at one end with the other end of one of the coils, two guards each comprising an upwardly arched bearing loop, an upright connecting arm connected at its lower end with the lower end of the front arm of the bearing loop and acoil connected at one end with the upper end of the connectin arm and at its other end with the other end of the adjacent attaching loo substantially as set forth.

3. An eyeglass or spectacle mounting comprising a bridge, two laterally projectin attaching loops each connected at one en with one end of the bridge, two guards each having a bearing loop, an intermediate arm connected at one end with the bearing loop, and a coil connecting the other end of said intermediate arm with the other end of the adjtjpent attaching loop, substantially as set ort 4. An eyeglass or spectacle mounting comprising a brid e, two transverse front coils each connected at one end with one end of the bridge, two laterally projecting attaching loo(ps adapted to be connected with the lenses an position of the lenses on the same without altering the construction.

In applying the glasses to the eyes the lenses are turned upwardly or forwardly toward each other so as to separate the bearing loops and clamping arms and permit said loops and arms to be conveniently placed astride the nose, While thus moving the lenses preparatory to applying the same to the nose the front coils and the bridge are strained so that the resilience of these parts upon releasing the lenses causes the bearing loops and arms to grip against opposite sides of the nose and hold. the lenses in place.

Inasmuch as the fingers of the clamping arms project slightly beyond the inner sid'es lows of the nose in advance of the bights of the bearing loops and thus concentrate their pressure against smaller areas, whereby the grip of the mounting on the nose is increased and the liability of the glasses falling off the nose is reduced. After the fingers of the clamping arms engage opposite sides of the nose and are arrested in their further movement in that direction the bearing loops are nose, by the preponderating resilience of the front coils and bridge, thereby increasing the grip of the mounting on the nose and further guarding against displacement of the eye glasses. To prevent slippage on the nose of the fingers and bearing loops the inner sides of the latter may be milled or otherwise roughened, as shown for example on the clamping finger in Fig. 3.

By connecting the front arms of the bearing loops with the attaching loops by means .of the interposed spring coils stillness in the connection between these parts is avoided, each connected at one end with one end and the bearing loops may be'reaclily defiectof the bridge, and two uards each compris-v ed relatively to the attaching loops, thereby ing an u wardly archer? bearing loop having avoiding distorting or breakage of this confront and rear arms, an upright intermediate nection. arm connected at its lower end with the It will be observed that the frontand rear lower end of the front arm of the adjacent coils of the mounting occupy the same place healing loop, a rear coil having its axis in usually occupied bythe posts which conline with the corres onding front coil and connected at one en with the upper end of the adjacent intermediate arm and at its opposite end with the other end of the comeye glasses or spectacles as heretofore con structed.

Although my invention is shown-in the drawings as embodied in a air of eye lasses parts of the same are aso applica le to spectacles in which temples are employed.

I claim as my invention:

1. An eyeglass or spectacle mounting comprising a bridge, two coils arranged with their axes transversely to the bridge and each connected at one end to one end of the arm arranged between the front and rear arms of each bearing loop and connected at its lower end with the lower end of said rear arm, and a presser fin er projecting inwardly from the upper end 0% the clamping arm beyond the inner side of the arms of the adjacent bearing-loop, substantially as set forth. Witness my hand this 10th day of October,

bridge, laterally projecting loops adapted to 1907 be attached to the lenses and each connected 'HERMAN SILBERT. at one end with the othenend of one of the Witnesses:

ALEXANDER ALLAN,

coils, and two guards each com rising an THEO. L. Porn.

upwardly arched bearing loop aving its panion attaching loop, an upright clamping 1 15 

